Patents by Inventor Walter E. B. Lander

Walter E. B. Lander has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Device and method for shortening reactor process tubes
    Patent number: 4218908
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a device and method for in situ shortening of nuclear reactor zirconium alloy process tubes which have grown as a result of radiation exposure. An upsetting technique is utilized which involves inductively heating a short band of a process tube with simultaneous application of an axial load sufficient to cause upsetting with an attendant decrease in length of the process tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1980
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Charles E. Frantz, William K. Alexander, Walter E. B. Lander